1 Samuel 23:14 meaning and explanation

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:14, Berean Standard Bible

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David is fleeing King Saul, who sees him as a rival and has hunted him since chapter 19. Keilah, the town David had just rescued, proved unsafe, so he withdraws into the rugged hill country around Ziph, living in natural strongholds.

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